Birch Trees in Autumn

1865

Frederic Edwin Church, a star of the Hudson River School, captured the fleeting beauty of fall in this intimate forest scene. Painted in October 1865—as signed in the bottom corner—it focuses on the stark, pale trunks of two birch trees rising against a riot of autumn colors. Unlike his massive, dramatic canvases of volcanoes and icebergs that made him famous, this piece feels like a quiet, personal walk through the woods, showing his incredible eye for the delicate details of nature.

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